Furnishing Service Without a Franchise Prohibited.
Section 45
SEC. 45. Furnishing Service Without a Franchise Prohibited. — No person shall furnish or extend service to the public within any area for which such person has not been granted a franchise or after such franchise has been repealed and cancelled or so conditioned or altered as to prohibit service therein: Provided, That such service may be continued and extended therein, and the NEA, after affording opportunity for hearing to any interested party, may by order require that it be so continued and extended, until service to the customers of such person is made available by a public service entity lawfully authorized to serve therein